Lighting the Candle: Tato's Tales

by Elisa Chavarri
Jun 03, 2021 | Filed in Authors & Illustrators

From the May/June 2021 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: The Pura Belpré Award at 25. Find more in the "Lighting the Candle" series here.

Elisa Chavarri

Elisa Chavarri won a 2021 Belpré Honor for illustrating Sharuko: El arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello (Children's/Lee & Low). Most recently, she illustrated My Little Golden Book About Frida Kahlo (Golden Books/Random). [Photo by: Matt Konicek.]

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